Cindy McCain defends Palin on movie

Cindy McCain, wife of former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, said Wednesday she objected to Sarah Palin’s portrayal in the upcoming HBO movie “Game Change.”

“I’m truly sorry if they depicted her in any fashion other than a strong and independent woman,” McCain said on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight.” “I think what happened to her was entirely unfair.”

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McCain insisted she is not going to see the movie.

“I am not going to see ‘Game Change.’ I lived this, and from everything I’ve read and heard, it doesn’t even resemble what took place — I can go to Disneyland for fiction,” she said.

But McCain also addressed the topic with grace and humor.

“I will say, Ed Harris [who plays John McCain] is not nearly as cute as my husband,” she joked.

John McCain has also said he would not be watching the movie, calling it inaccurate and criticizing the book upon which it is based.

“It’s based on a book that is full of unattributed quotes, things that absolutely never happened, and if it’s based on that book, which I was briefed on, then, of course, it can’t be accurate,” the Arizona Republican said on CBS’s “This Morning” on Monday.